An incomplete list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1920s. For an A-Z of films see . Also see cinema of Japan.
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
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1920 | |||||
Saraba seishun | Iyokichi Kondo Norimasa Kaeriyama | Sugisaku Aoyama Minoru Murata | Released 28 July.[1] Studio: Eiga Geijutsu Kyōkai. | ||
Utsukushiki Nippon | Thomas Kurihara | ||||
Jirō Yoshida | Released 1 October.[2] Studio: Kokusai Katsuei. One 22-minute and one 34-minute print extant.[3] [4] | ||||
Tenjiku Tarō | Shiro Nakagawa | Ritoku Arashi | Released 13 November.[5] Studio: Teikoku Kinema. | ||
Amachua kurabu | Thomas Kurihara | Released 19 November.[6] Studio: Taishō Katsuei. | |||
Seikatsu antei no maki | Toyojirō Takamatsu Tatsumi Iwaoka | Studio: Katsudō Shashin Shiryō Kenkyūkai. Print in National Film Center.[7] | |||
1921 | |||||
Gōketsu Jiraiya | Shōzō Makino | Matsunosuke Onoe | Released 1 February.[8] Studio: Nikkatsu. 21-minute print in National Film Center.[9] | ||
Hinamatsuri no yoru | Kisaburo Kurihara | Hayama Michiko | Released 30 March.[10] Studio: Taishō Katsuei. | ||
Rojo no Reikon | Minoru Murata | Kaoru Osanai Zeya Togo | Released 8 April.[11] Studio: Shochiku. Print in National Film Center.[12] | ||
Kantsubaki | Ryoha Hatanaka | Masao Inoue Yaeko Mizutani | Released 24 April.[13] Studio: Kokusai Katsuei. Print in National Film Center.[14] | ||
Gubijinsō | Henry Kotani | Sumiko Kurishima | Released 29 April.[15] Studio: Shochiku. | ||
Yama kururu | Kiyohiko Ushihara | Komei Minami Haruko Sawamura | Released 1 July.[16] Studio: Shochiku. | ||
Kimi yo shirazu ya | Minoru Murata | Eliana Pavlova Komei Minami | Released 16 July.[17] Studio: Shochiku. | ||
Ono ga tsumi | Zanmu Kako | Goro Okamoto Sumiko Kurishima | Released 8 September.[18] Studio: Shochiku. | ||
Yaji Kita Zenkōji mairi no maki | Kichirō Tsuji Yaroku Kobayashi | Matsunosuke Onoe Sentarō Nakamura | Released 30 September.[19] Studio: Nikkatsu. Print in National Film Center.[20] |
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1922 | |||||||||
Konjiki yasha | Zanmu Kako | Tsuzuya Moroguchi Yoshiko Kawada | Romance | Released 1 February.[21] Studio: Shochiku | |||||
Hototogisu | Released 9 March.[22] Studio: Shochiku. 19-minute print in National Film Center.[23] | ||||||||
Futari Shizuka | Released 25 April.[24] Studio: Nikkatsu. Print extant.[25] | ||||||||
Shibukawa Bangorō | Matsunosuke Onoe | Released 5 May.[26] Studio: Nikkatsu. Print extant. | |||||||
Chirinishi hana | Yasujirō Shimazu | Yuriko Hanabusa Goro Okamoto | Released 21 June.[27] Studio: Shochiku | ||||||
Aa, Ono kundō | Zanmu Kako | Yuriko Hanabusa Yoko Umemura | Released 23 July.[28] Studio: Shochiku | ||||||
Kagayaki no michi e | Yasujirō Shimazu | Goro Okamoto Akio Isono | Released 10 August.[29] Studio: Shochiku | ||||||
Ai no kusabi | Yasujirō Shimazu | Yotaro Katsumi Nobuko Satsuki | Released 20 September.[30] Studio: Shochiku | ||||||
Aa, Konishi junsa | Teinosuke Kinugasa Tomu Uchida[31] [debut] | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Released 28 November[32] (some sources say 29 October[33]). Studio: Makino Kyōiku Eiga | ||||||
Kyōya erimise | Eizo Tanaka | Hideo Fujino | Released 30 December.[34] Studio: Nikkatsu. |
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1923 | |||||||||
Sendō kouta | Yoshinobu Ikeda | Yukichi Iwata Sumiko Kurishima | Released 8 January.[35] Studio: Shochiku. | ||||||
Kohitsuji | Zanmu Kako | Tsuzuya Moroguchi Yuriko Hanabusa | Released 1 February.[36] Studio: Shochiku. Print in National Film Center.[37] | ||||||
Ai ni yomigaeru hi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Kaichi Yamamoto | Released 4 February.[38] Studio: Nikkatsu. | ||||||
Kokyo | Kenji Mizoguchi | Kaichi Yamamoto | Released 25 February.[39] Studio: Nikkatsu. | ||||||
Kiyohiko Ushihara | Masao Inoue Sumiko Kurishima | Drama | Released 1 April.[40] Studio: Shochiku. 9-minute print in National Film Center.[41] | ||||||
Joen no chimata | Kenji Mizoguchi | Komei Minami | Released 20 April.[42] Studio: Nikkatsu. | ||||||
Yoshinobu Ikeda | Masao Inoue Yukichi Iwata | Drama | Released 30 April.[43] Studio: Shochiku. | ||||||
Haizan no uta wa kanashi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Haruko Sawamura | Released 13 May.[44] Studio: Nikkatsu. | ||||||
Jinniku no ichi | Yasujirō Shimazu | Nobuko Satsuki | Released 15 June.[45] Studio: Shochiku | ||||||
Kiri no minato | Kenji Mizoguchi | Haruko Sawamura | Released 29 July.[46] Studio: Nikkatsu. | ||||||
Mizumo no hana | Yoshinobu Ikeda | Yukichi Iwata Sumiko Kurishima | |||||||
Mori kundo tetsuro no tsuyu | Zanmu Kako | Taisuke Matsumoto | |||||||
Seishun no yumeji | Kenji Mizoguchi | Tetsuya Yoshimura Yoneko Sakai | |||||||
Ono ga tsumi | Unpei Yokoyama | ||||||||
Touge no uta | Kenji Mizoguchi | kaichi Yamamoto Haruko Sawamura | |||||||
Yama no senroban | Yasujirō Shimazu | Mitsuko Takao | |||||||
Zoku Amateur Club | Thomas Kurihara | Henry Kotani Michiko Hayama | |||||||
Haikyo no naka | Kenji Mizoguchi | Haruko Sawamura | Released 30 September.[47] Studio: Nikkatsu. | ||||||
Chi to rei | Kenji Mizoguchi | Chiyoko Eguchi Yoneko Sakai | Released 9 November.[48] Studio: Nikkatsu. | ||||||
Kosuzume Tōge | Kōroku Numata | Hataya Ichikawa Tsumasaburo Bando | Released 30 November.[49] Studio: Makino Film Productions. Print in National Film Center.[50] | ||||||
Ryōbensugi | Shirō Nakamura | Ritoku Arashi | Studio: Teikoku Kinema. Print in National Film Center.[51] | ||||||
Shigeki Wake no Kiyomaru kō | Toyojirō Takamatsu | Reizō Inoue | Studio: Katsudō Shashin Shiryō Kenkyūkai. Print in National Film Center.[52] | ||||||
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1924 | |||||||||
Sarutobi no ninjutsu | |||||||||
Chairo no onna | |||||||||
Kanashiki hakuchi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Yoneko Sakai | |||||||
Akatsuki no shi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Haruko Sawamura | |||||||
Koi no misshi | Henry Kotani | ||||||||
Mouken no himitsu | Minoru Murata | Haruko Sawamura Ryotaro Mizushima | |||||||
Rutsubo wa nieru | Kensaku Suzuki | Kaichi Yamamoto Yoneko Sakai | |||||||
Gendai no jo-ou | Kenji Mizoguchi | Yoneko Sakai Komei Minami | |||||||
Josei wa tsuyoshi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Yutaka Mimasu Yoneko Sakai | |||||||
Hanasaka jijii | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Misao Seki | |||||||
Koi to bushido | Goro Hirose | Ritoku Arashi | |||||||
Shichimencho no yukue | Kenji Mizoguchi | Jun'ichi Kitamura Yoshiko Tokugawa | |||||||
Chichi yo izuku | Norimasa Kaeriyama | Tappatsu Sekine Teruko Azuma | Released 31 August.[53] Studio: Teikoku Kinema. Other sources give title as Chichi yo izuko e and the year 1923.[54] | ||||||
Itō junsa no shi | Kensaku Suzuki Kenji Mizoguchi Gengo Ohora Iyokichi Kondo | Enji Sato | |||||||
Samidare zoshi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Utako Suzuki Hiroshi Inagaki | |||||||
Kanraku no zei | Kouroku Numata | Kashichi Shimada Shizuko Mori | |||||||
Shiota Mondo | Goro Hirose | ||||||||
Sohtoh | Bansho Kanamori | Misao Seki Shizuko Mori | |||||||
Ningyo no sei | Shiro Nakagawa | Ritoku Arashi | |||||||
Goro Hirose | Ritoku Arashi Momonosuke Ichikawa | ||||||||
Robin Hood no yume | |||||||||
Shōjo no nayami | Mitsuko Takao | ||||||||
Kōmori-yasu | Goro Hirose | Rikaku Arashi | |||||||
Kanraku no onna | Kenji Mizoguchi | kaichi Yamamoto Yoneko Sakai | |||||||
Nukiuchi Gonpachi | Goro Hirose | Momonosuke Ichikawa | |||||||
Nageki no kujaku | Yoshinobu Ikeda | Sumiko Kurishima Shinyo Nara | |||||||
Shinshutsu kibotsu | Goro Hirose | Momonosuke Ichikawa | |||||||
Kyokubadan no jo-o | Kenji Mizoguchi | Kumeko Urabe Denmei Suzuki | |||||||
Mura no bokujo | Hiroshi Shimizu | Kinuyo Tanaka | |||||||
Kunisada Chūji | Shōzō Makino | Shōjirō Sawada | Released 31 December.[55] Studio: Tōa Kinema. 33 min. print in National Film Center.[56] | ||||||
Sutotonbushi | Yoshinobu Ikeda | Jun Arai Chōko Iida | Studio: Shochiku. Print in National Film Center.[57] Also titled Koutashū dainihen sutoton.[58] | ||||||
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1925 | |||||||||
Uchen-Puchan | Kenji Mizoguchi | Kaichi Yamamoto Kumeko Urabe | |||||||
Giketsu | Tomu Uchida | Kashichi Shimada | |||||||
Buntaro Futagawa | Tsumasaburo Bando Shinpei Takagi | ||||||||
Buntaro Futagawa | Tsumasaburo Bando Shinpei Takagi | ||||||||
Hō wo shitau onna | Minoru Murata Genjiro Saegusa | Kumeko Urabe | |||||||
Takasugi Shinsaku | Goro Hirose | Michisaburo Segawa | |||||||
Aiyoku no kiro | |||||||||
Nantoh no haru | Yasujirō Shimazu | Tokuji Kobayashi Chieko Matsui | |||||||
Gakuso o idete | Kenji Mizoguchi | Komei Minami Iyokichi Kondo | |||||||
Kiyohiko Ushihara Yasujirō Shimazu | Masao Inoue Yuriko Hanabusa | ||||||||
Kiyohiko Ushihara Yasujirō Shimazu | Masao Inoue Hideo Fujino | ||||||||
Kiyohiko Ushihara Yasujirō Shimazu | Masao Inoue Sumiko Kurishima | ||||||||
Kenji Mizoguchi | Eiji Takagi Eiji Nakano | ||||||||
Osamu Wakayama | Eiji Nakano Yoshiko Okada | ||||||||
Kensaku Suzuki | Eiji Nakano Yoko Umemura | ||||||||
Komoriuta | Eiichi Matsumoto | Yaeko Utagawa Kokuten Takado | |||||||
Ah tokumukan kanto | Osamu Wakayama Kensaku Suzuki Kenji Mizoguchi | Komei Minami Kaichi Yamamoto | |||||||
Tomiyasu Ikeda | |||||||||
Tomiyasu Ikeda | Haruko Sawamura | ||||||||
Tomiyasu Ikeda | Yoneko Sakai | ||||||||
Yotsuya kaidan | Nobuko Satsuki | ||||||||
Shirayuri wa nageku | Kenji Mizoguchi | Yoshiko Okada | |||||||
Daikon wa hohoemu | Takuji Furumi | ||||||||
Nagaruru sake | Eiichi Matsumoto | Taisuke Matsumoto | |||||||
Akai yuhi ni terasarete | Kenji Mizoguchi Genjiro Saegusa | Eiji Nakano Komei Minami | |||||||
Horaijima | Takuji Furumi | Rintaro Fujima Ranko Sawa | |||||||
Kanashiki koi no gensō | Yoshinobu Ikeda | Sumiko Kurishima Shinyo Nara | |||||||
Meiken jakku | Taisuke Matsumoto | ||||||||
Ijin musume to bushi | Shōzō Makino | Tsumasaburo Bando Shizuko Mori | |||||||
Yōsei chi ni otsureba | Yasujirō Shimazu | Denmei Suzuki Yuriko Hanabusa | |||||||
Murasaki no nisou | Eiichi Matsumoto | Taisuke Matsumoto Ranko Sawa | |||||||
Toyo no Carmen | Frank Tokunaga | Kaichi Yamamoto Komamo Sunada | |||||||
Araki Mataemon | Tomiyasu Ikeda | Matsunosuke Onoe Goro Kawabe | |||||||
Eien no nazo | Masaru Omori | Taisuke Matsumoto Ranko Sawa | |||||||
Orochi | Buntaro Futagawa | Tsumasaburo Bando Utako Tamaki | |||||||
Machi no Suketchi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Yasunaga Higashibojo Yoshiko Okada | |||||||
Kenji Mizoguchi | Eiji Nakano Yoshiko Okada | ||||||||
Furusato no uta | Kenji Mizoguchi | Masujiro Takagi | |||||||
Gokurakutō no jo-ou | Meiho Ogasawara | Aiko Takashima Thomas Kurihara | |||||||
Maboroshi | |||||||||
Nogi taisho to Kumasan | Kenji Mizoguchi | kaichi Yamamoto | |||||||
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1926 | |||||||||
Kurutta Ippeji (A Page of Madness) | Masao Inoue | 24 September | |||||||
Storm of Passion | Teruko Asahi, Momoko Ashiya | ||||||||
1927 | |||||||||
Blood of Penitence | |||||||||
1928 | |||||||||
Edo Sangokushi (The Three Patriots of Edo) | Seika Shiba | ||||||||
Jujiro (Crossways) | Kinugasa Teinosuke | 11 May | |||||||
Teppei Yamaguchi | Kanjuro Arashi, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Takasaburo Nakamura, Tokusho Arashi | ||||||||
Kurama Tengu | Teppei Yamaguchi | Kanjuro Arashi, Takesaburo Nakamura, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Tokusho Arashi | |||||||
Wakodo no yume | Comedy | [59] | |||||||
1929 | |||||||||
Daigaku wa detakeredo | Comedy | [60] | |||||||
Days of Youth | Comedy | ||||||||
Monkey Sun | |||||||||